人教版英语八年级下册期中综合复习检测

人教版英语八年级下册期中综合复习检测

一、单项选择（每题1.5分，共18分）

l.Thefilmwasfunny.Ireallycouldn'tstop.

A.tolaughB.laughingC.laughD.laughed

2.TheMonkeyKingcandifferentanimalsandobjects.

A.turnintoB.turninC.turnonD.turnoff

3.Sometimesyoumayfeellonelyyoucanfindsomeonetohavelunch

with.

A.ifB.unlessC.afterD.because

4,MoreandmorepeoplebecameinterestedthosetraditionalChinesestories.

A.forB.inC.withD.on

5.Thesmartgirlcalled120hermotherfelldowninthekitchen.

A.althoughB.assoonasC.aslongasD.until

6.1thinkwehavetimethatwecanfinishtheworkverywell.

A.suchmuchB.somanyC.somuchD.suchmany

7.Thisplaceisbeautifulthatithasbecomeahottouristattraction.

A.soB.veryC.suchD.quite

8.Yourdreamwillcometrueyouputyourheartintoit.

A.evenifB.aslongasC.assoonasD.sothat

9.Youhavetosmoking.It'sreallybadforyourlung.

A.putupB.getupC.setupD.giveup

lO.Thebookisinterestingeverybodylikesitverymuch.

A.very;thatB.so;thatC.such;thatD.such;because

11.Yesterday,mygrandpaIhecitywherehewasborn.

A.visitedB.visitsC.willvisitD.isvisiting

12-Jimmy,couldyoutellme?-NextFridayafternoon.

A.whenwehadtheEnglishparty

B.whendidwehavetheEnglishparty

C.whenwearegoingtohavetheEnglishparty

D.whenarewegoinglohavetheEnglishparty

二、完型填空（每题1分，共8分）

TheSchoolPlay

Theendoftheschoolyearwascomingquickly.Rickwassoexcitedbecauseit

wastimefortheschoolplaytryouts.Thisyear'splaywascalledMysteryatthe

Lighthouse.RickwashopingtogettheleadpartofJoewholivesatthelighthouse.

Afterschool,allthosewhowantedtotryoutforthe13metinthegymat

3:30.Rickandhisfriend,Kevin,satandwailedfortheirturntoreadfortheplay.The

nextdaythepartswere14onthewalloutsideofthegym.Kevingotapartin

theplay.ButRickdidnotseehis15.Hefeltfunnyinside.Rickwassurehe

wouldgetthepart."Tcan'tunderstandwhyI'mnotintheplay,"saidRicktohismom.

"Rick,itjustmeansthatsomeonewasalittlebetterthanyou.Youshouldn'tgiveup

justbecauseofthisonetime.Lookatalltheotherthingsyou'regoodat,you'regreat

with16andyou'reasuperfootballplayer,"saidMom.Rickdidn'tsayany

wordsandwenttohisroom.

Thenextdayatschool,Mr.Carter,theartteacher,askedRick,"Iknowhow

goodyouareinart,areyouinterestedindoingsomedrawingandpaintingforthe

play?""Youwantmetodrawfortheplay?Really?"askedRick.*'Isuredo,"saidRick

17.Rickwassohappyaboutbeingpartoftheplayafterall.Rickstayedafter

schooleachdayforthenextweekanddrewabiglighthouseandpaintedit.Healso

drewsomeboatsinthewaterandpaintedthosetoo.Hewassoexcitedonthenightof

theplay.Whenitwastimefortheplay,he18fromthesideofthestageashis

friend,Kevin,saidhibparioftheplay.Allliccudofihcshow,Mr.Cartercalledall

thestudentsontothestagethathelpedwiththeartwork,lights,and19things

aroundonstageduringthistime.Rickfelt20ofhiswork.Hethoughthewould

dotheartworkbetter.Itwassomuchfun!

11.A.danceB.footballC.playD.painting

12.A.postedB.markedC.tiedD.published

13.A.pictureB.artworkC.houseD.namc

14.A.actBspeechC.artD.music

15.A.sadlyB.confidentlyC.doubtfullyD.worriedly

16.A.watchedB.interruptedC.noticedD.complained

17.A.inventingB.throwingC.sharingD.moving

18.A.tiredB.proudC.curiousD.afraid

三、阅读理解（每题2分，共28分）

A

Crazythingsthatparentssaytotheirkids

Doyourememberthingsthatyourmumanddadsaidagainandagainwhenyouwere

akid?

Julia

Ofcourse!Ialwayslikeddoingdangerousthings-youknow,climbingtreesand

things.Andmydadsaid,“Ifyoufall,you'llbreakyourleg."Andhealwaysadded,

“Andwhenyoubreakyourleg,don'tcomerunningtomefbrhelp!”Ididn't

understandthejokeforyears!

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Pete

Ohofcourse!Mylittlebrotherandme,welovedTVandwesatandwatcheditfor

hourseveryday.Andmymumalwayssaid,“IfyouwatchTVallthetime,you'llget

squareeyes."Well,wewatchedalotofTVandoureyesarestillnormal.Haha!

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Susie

Youremindedme,Pete.Mydadalwayssaid,“Ifyoucatallyourcarrots,you'llseein

thedark."1reallylikecarrots-1atethemwhen1wasakidand1eatthemnow-but1

stillcan'tseeinthedark!

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M汰e

IfIwasangryorupset,Ialwaysmadeaface,andmymumsaid,“Ifyougoon

makingthatfece,thewindwillchangeandyourlacewillstaylikethatforever!”

That'stheonlyoneIreinember-butassoonasIthinkofothers,I'Hsendthemto

you!

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21.WhatdidJulialikedoingwhenshewasakid?

A.WatchingTV.

B.Makingaface.

C.Eatingcarrots.

D.Climbingtrees.

22.WhydidPete'smumtalkaboutsquareeyes?

A.Shedidn'twantPetetododangerousthings.

B.Shedidn'twantPetetowatchtoomuchTV.

C.ShelikedPete'sfunnyfacesverymuch.

D.ShewantedPetetoeatmorecarrots.

23.WhichofthefollowingpicturedescribesSusie'sstorybest?B

Bl

Onedayarichboyboughtamagicmirror（镜子）.Whenhegothome,helooked

inthemirror.Hisfacelookedsad.Hetriedtosmileandmakefunnyfaces;hisface

lookedstillsad.Thenhedidmanyhappythings,buthisfacealwayslookedsad.

"Oh,whataterriblemirror!Itdoesn'twork!"hesaidangrily.

Thenextdayonhiswaytobuysomechocolate,hesawalittlegirlcryingsadly.

Therichboywentuptoherandaskedwhathadhappened.Thelittlegirlsaidshe

couldn'tfindherparents."Don'tworry.I'llhelpyou/'therichboysaid.Sotheywent

tolookforthemtogether.Finally,theyfoundherparents.Theyweresothankfulfor

hishelp.Aftertherichboyarrivedhome,helookedinthemirrorasusual.Tohis

surprise,hisfacelookedveryhappy.Theboyunderstoodthemagicofthemirror.The

minorcouldshowthetruefeelingsofitsowner.Thiswastrue-therichboyhad

helpedthatlittlegirlsohefeltreallyhappy.

24.Theboy'sfacealwayslookedinthemirroronthefirstday.

A.happyBsadC.terribleD.funny

25.Attheendofthestory,therichboy.

A.losthisparentsB.boughtanewmirror

C.helpedthelittlegirlfindherparentsD.boughtamirrorforthelittlegirl

26.Fromthestoryweknowtheboywas.

A.braveB.foolishC.cleverD.helpful

C

EachyearonFeb21,UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）holdsanInternational

MotherLanguageDay（IMLD）.Theeventistohelppeopletopayattentiontothe

disappearanceoftheworld'slanguages;manyofthemaredisappearingeachyear.

UNESCOseesthisasaterriblefact.

Whathappenswhenalanguagediesout?Somethinggreatislost—notjust

soundsandwordsbutthewaythatpeopleunderstandtheworldandcommunicate

witheachother.Wekeepdifferentculturesandtraditionsthroughlanguages.Killinga

languagemeansallthesearekilledtoo.

ThroughIMLD,moreandmorepeoplecometorealizetheterriblesituationand

trytostopit.Google's2018EndangeredLanguagesProjectisagoodexample.Many

speakersandprotectorsofendangeredlanguagesupload（上传）texts,audios（音频）

andvideoslollicprqjuclwebsite.Theywaultoinlroduucllicwaythalpeople

communicateandexpressthemselvesaroundtheworld.

TheMyaamiaProjectisthesamekindofefforttorevivethelanguagespokenby

theMiamitribes（部落）oftheUnitedStates.Projectmembersworktoencourage

peopletostudyandcommunicatewiththislanguage,whichdiedoutinthe1960s.

Theseactivitiesgivelifetothoseendangeredlanguages.Peoplewhoworkto

keeplanguagesalivearcnotlimitedtothepast.Manyyoungpeopledesignappsand

usesocialmedia（媒体）tosupporttheiractivities.They"spreadtheword^^tosavethe

world.

So,whiletheproblemofdisappearinglanguagesremainsaveryseriousone,

thereishope.Wcallhaveaspecialfeelingofourmotherlanguages.Thisiswhywc

shouldrememberthewisewordsoflatepresidentofSouthAfrica,NelsonMandela:

"Ifyoutalktoamaninalanguageheunderstands,thatgoestohishead.Ifyoutalkto

amaninhisownlanguage,thatgoestohisheart.”

27.WhatdidpeopledoinGoogle's2018EndangeredLanguagesProject?

A.Theyprovidedbooksoncommunicationskills.

B.TheydiscussedhowtomakegooduseoftheInternet.

C.Thcysharedmaterialsaboutendangeredlanguagesonline.

D.Theytranslatedendangeredlanguagesintomotherlanguages.

28.Theword"revive"inParagraph4probablymeans"

A.startreusingB.rememberchoosing

C.trycreatingD.continueexperimenting

29.WhatcanweinferfromParagraph5?

A.Thcdisappearanceoflanguageshasalreadystopped.

B.It*simpossibleforyoungpeopletoprotectlanguages.

C.Fewerandfewerpeopleworktokeeplanguagesalive.

D.Youngpeoplehavecreativewaystoprotectlanguages.

3O.ThewritermentionsNelsonMandela'swordsinorderto.

A.expresshisthoughtoflanguageprotection

B.stresstheimportanceofone'smotherlanguage

C.lclllliclioubleinlearningciidangcrudlanguagcb

D.remindusoftheproblemofdisappearinglanguages

D

We'veallexperiencedfailure.Whetherwelikeitornot,failureispartoflife.

Howpeoplerespondtoitisofgreatimportancebothtotheirdecisionsand

achievements.Somearelikelytohavesuchexpectations:"IfIshouldreachthatgoal,

howhappywould1feel?”Inarecentstudy,wcwantedtounderstandhowsuch

expectationsmaychangeinthefaceoffailure.Arepeopleabletopredicttheirown

happiness?

Theoldsaying“thegrassisalwaysgreenerontheotherside“suggeststhat

peoplespendmuchoftheirtimelongingfbrthingstheycan'thave.Inotherwords,

theharderitistoachieve,thehigherthevaluation.Butisthisagoodmodelforhow

ordinarypeopleprocessfailure?AccordingtothestoryTheFoxandtheGrapes,

failureoftenleadsustodropourinitial（最初的）plan.Inthestory,thefoxjumpswith

allhisstrength,yethefailstoreachthegrapes.Finally,hewalksaway,concluding

thatthegrapesweresour（酸的）anyway.

So,whichisit:greenergrassorsourgrapes?Wedidanexperimenttodetermine

howpeoplereacttofailure.

Inthestudy,about1,200participants（参力口者）receivedeithergoodorpoor

feedback（反馈）onthepracticetrialofatest.Halfofthemweretoldthattheyhad

performedinthebottom20percent,whiletheotherhalf,inthetop20percent.They

werethenaskedtopredicthowtheywouldfeeliftheyearnedahighscoreonthe

actualtest.

Theresearchresultsshowedthatthosewhoreceivedpoorfeedbackonthepractice

trialpredictedthattheywouldfeellesshappinessandlesspride,comparedtothose

whoreceivedstrongfeedback.However,whentheyreceivedatopscoreontheactual

testlater,theywerejustashappyastheotherhalf,andmuchhappierthantheyhad

predictedbefore.Thissuggeststhattheinitialfailuremadepeopleundervaluehow

gooditwouldfeeltosucceedinthefuture.

Thequestionthough,iswhyfailuremakesusdownplayourfuturehappiness.

AccordingtoPrufcsborJunElster,puupludunHalwaysknowwhattheywant,and

oftenchangetheirwishestomatchwhatappearswithinreach.Whentheoutcome

doesn'tfittheonetheyhaveofthemselves,theyprotectthemselvesbydevaluingthe

goal-ratherthandevaluingself.Inotherwords,whenpersonalfailurehappens.one

wayofprotectingourpositive（积极的）senseofselfistorefusetoacceptthe

emotionalimportanceoffutureachievements.

Detachment（超脱）frompersonalgoalscanbeuseful,ifithelpspeopleredirect

theirattentionfromtheimpossibletobetterandmoreachievablegoals.However,if

thesour-grapceffectkicksintooearlyandpeoplebecomefearfuloffailure,they

couldmissoutonthechancetotryagainandrealizethatwhatonceseemed

impossibleisnowwithinreach.

31.WhatdoesthestoryTheFoxandtheGrapessuggest?

A.Theoutcomevaluationdependsonwhatgoalisset.

B.Difficultiesresultinahigherachievementexpectation.

C.Pastperfbmiancedoesn,thelppredictfuturehappiness.

D.Initialfailuremakesfuturesuccessappearlessattractive.

32.Theword“downplay"inParagraph6probablymeans"

A.nndervahieR.betterunderstandC.destroyD.discover

33.Whatdoweknowfromthepassage?

A.Theparticipantscaredmoreaboutstrongfeedback.

B.Thehappierpeoplearethosewhopredictlesshappiness.

C.Theparticipants'perfbmiancefailedtomatchtheirabilities.

D.Peopledevaluethegoaltokeepapositiveviewofthemselves.

34.Whatisthewritertryingtotellus?

A.Failureisthemotherofsuccess.

B.Detachmentstopspeoplefromchangingwishes.

C.Theseeminglyimpossibleisworthtryingsometimes.

D.Thesour-grapeeffectpushesustokeepmovingforward.

四、阅读与表达（35-38每题2分，39题4分，共10分）

Onthelevelofeverydayusageamythisafalsestoryorbelief.Amythis

somethingthatisnotcorrect,butmanypeoplebelieve.Therearealotofmythsabout

thehumanbrain.

Oneofthebiggestmythsisthatweonlyuse10percentofourbrains.Thenext

partofthemythisthatifwecanlearntousetherestofourbrains,thenwellbemuch

smarter.Peoplesaythisallthetime,butit'sabsolutelynottrue!ihetruthisthat

althoughwedon'tknoweverythingaboutthehumanbrain,weknowthateachpartof

ithasanimportantfunction（功能）.Modernscientiststhinkthe"10percentmyth"

ridiculous（荒谬的）.